Soon after the black and white episode leads the proceedings into colour, Bond is seen pursuing a would-be suicide bomber. When he kills an unarmed man in the process, the scene reaches his department M16 in a second thanks to the super Internet age, and Bond gets scolded by his boss M for his out-of-control behaviour. Things become complicated when a desperate Bond breaks into her computer by breaking into her home, and then proceeds in trail of terrorists.

Soon Bond is at a high-stakes poker match in a fictional Montenegro casino and faces Le Chiffre (the fine Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen), a financier of global terrorism who desperately has to win the $100-million stake to pay back his clients' money.

Enter a beautiful and smart treasury official Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) assigned to keep tabs on Bond and make sure he's playing according to the rules. Her sarcasm and wit are not lost on Bond who still thinks he can charm her into his bed. But he is also conflicted, wondering if his craving for her is something above lust.

The Parisian-born Green, who made her film debut in Bernardo Bertolucci's steamy drama The Dreamers, three years ago, is the first woman Bond falls for and by whom he ultimately feels betrayed. The script creates quite a complex Vesper who is full of secrets, and that is one of the many reasons Bond is attracted to her.

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